//It was suggested I do this, don't know why but obviously this is an INRP post and any 'annoyance' or 'grievance' stated below is that of my CHARACTER and not me myself. Just acting in accordance with how my character would react to a given situation.
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COMM ID: Lieutenant Commander Lucius Hopkins RECIPIENT: 5th Fleet, Command (LIBCENTCOM) SUBJECT: Engagement while on Patrol 7-21-827 ENCRYPTION:ALPHA
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VIEWING ATTACHED REPORT
Greetings Command,
I wish to inform you of events which took place on 7-21-827 within the New York system at the California jump gate. I was on a patrol of liberty space as per standing orders when I encountered an LIA identified vessel. It signalled that it was entering formation and well, with the issues I had encountered recently I was happy for the additional firepower. In the space of one tradelane (from West Point to the Cali Jumpgate) we encountered Lilac. A skilled Freelancer who appears to be contracted by one of our enemies given the tendency to attack our vessels.
I immediately entered communication with the known hostile at which point the LIA craft which had been on my wing re-activated the trade lane and left me to deal with the hostile myself with a comment of 'not in the mood'. Which of course brightened my day considerably. Due in part at my surprise to the rather... sudden departure of an allied craft and being left to engage this skilled freelancer solo my craft was badly damaged and I was forced to eject. It appears that West Point was not notified of the engagement so I was left in space until a passing patrol picked up the pod.
I would suggest that command discusses with the Agent's superiors the status of their standing orders regarding engagements so that we can establish if this was a one off event or is their current ROE.
This brings me onto the second part of my report. Unfortunately due to my ejection being a little late I have sustained some minor injuries. Mostly a blow to the head and a few minor wounds which were healed relatively quickly by the docs. The docs at Richmond have removed me from flight ops for a couple of days (from the date of the engagement) so that they can monitor this head injury and ensure that it doesn't get any worse. I will however not be spending this downtime idle and will be spending time in the simulator to try and ensure that its not me leaving in a pod next time.
I Would finally like to add my apologies for the tardiness of this report. Due to my injuries and in all honesty a need to clear my head before I would use a few choice words, I thought it best to hold on filing this until I had cooled down a little.